Elley loves gum! This is how we potty trained her. We set up a gum ball machine on the back of the toilet and every time she went she got a penny.
Now it's Molly's turn. Every time Molly goes potty on the toilet she and Elley get a gum ball. (don't worry, we have great brushing habits)
Elley has a bad habit of taking her gum out of her mouth and playing with it. This happened twice last week. The first time she was grounded from gum for 2 days. It was torture for her to see her sister get something she so desperately wanted. The second time she was grounded for a week. This time around she really understood what it meant to be grounded. As soon as I saw the gum out of her mouth I said, "Elley, you are now grounded from gum for a whole week."
She then looked at me and said, "Well, if I'm gonna be grounded, I'm gonna be mad at you!"
Good, that's the whole point!
And the sassiness continues.
3 comments:
=) You're awesome.
I'm dreading toilet training Eve. I just can't bring myself to do it.
That gum ball machine is genius! I can totally see Ella saying this!
I swear to you that teenage years start young these days...REALLY YOUNG! Sometimes I don't even know what to do with Jocelyn because of her sassiness and if that wasn't bad enough...Meili is worse!!! The other day Meili was walking down the hall and saying "Excuse me, pardon me, 4-year-old coming through!" Yes there is a lot of time outs and grounding going on in my house too!
Ps. Way cute family pic...except you can't see Adams face...sad :(!
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